title: Static and dynamic sonography for diagnosis of abdominal wall hernias.
abstract: Sonography is a fast, painless, inexpensive, and widely available tool usually regarded as a first-line imaging modality for abdominal wall evaluation. This article provides illustrative images and videos on the use of sonography for diagnosis of abdominal wall hernias. A variety of pitfalls that may present clinically as pseudohernias are also described.
authors.affiliation: Radimagem Diagnostico por Imagem, Cristóvão Colombo 1691, 90560-004 Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil. carlos_arend@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Carlos Frederico
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Arend
mesh_terms: D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*
keywords: abdominal wall; hernia; sonography